[Dream] DSP vs CPU (Was Timestretch)

[Doofus McFluoro]

Mark.. are you saying that Vanguard and Albino take up half the processing
power of a G4 with 1gb of fast memory?  If so thats odd because they dont
even register on my poor old PC.

On 2/22/07, Mark <dream at primatesynthesis.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/21/07, UnderTow put forth:
> >On Wed, 21 Feb 2007, andrei.henry at utoronto.ca wrote:
> >
> >  >> The new Intel chips (and even the Opteron chips) pack
> >  >> alot more punch than an Accel card.
> >  >
> >  > absolutely... but the intel or AMD has to manage disk access, memory,
> OS,
> >  > video, network, and all the programs running (forground and
> background) as
> >  > well as your sound app.
> >
> >I'm not making myself clear: Those chips pack alot more punch RUNNING
> >AUDIO above and beyond all the OS related tasks compared to an Accel
> card.
>
> I find it very difficult to believe that you do not think that
> third-party asshattery can seriously interfere with something as
> time-sensitive as real-time DSP.  Saying that the CPU's in a PC still
> "pack alot more punch" than dedicated DSP hardware seems rather
> nonsensical when the quality and quantity of CPU usage from other
> applications and OS-related tasks is unknown.
>
> Furthermore, when the hardware and software are from the same
> company, they have a serious incentive to make the code more
> efficient, as doing so allows them to produce the same or better
> results at a lower cost.  Otoh, it seems that many of the companies
> who produce DSP software that runs native couldn't give a rat's ass
> how bloated their code is.  That Albino or Vanguard take up half of a
> 1Gz G4 is just ridiculous, imho.
>
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